by Kevin T McEneaney
In 1863, Warsaw was sacked
by the Russian army under the Tsar
who was intolerant of free thinking.
Siberia became the destiny
of all educated Polish people.
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As a symbol of martial victory,
Chopin’s piano was burnt in public.
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The poet Cyprian Kamil Norwid
wrote: “Behold how noble thought is trampled
by human fury.” At that time, Norwid
was a refugee living in Paris.
In his youth, Norwid played that piano.
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Why is it that the uneducated
wish to eliminate education?
